Summary: The reknowned naturalist Georg Steller had a rocky road to fame. He was an amazing naturalist for his time, describing many plants and animals on the famous 1733 Vitus Bering voyage from Russia to Alaska. When he arrived in Alaska, after a 10 year journey he was allowed only 10 hours to go ashore. And many of the animals that Steller described(that were later named for him) are now either threatened, endangered or extinct. He was cursed. Go with Elizabeth Arnold over to Russia during her own cursed voyage on this history of science episode of Encounters.
